I think I have two pretty serious cavities. Cavities, that I, don’t really understand how they took so long to arrive. These newly anointed orifices, inside of my body, did their best to stay away. 56 more words

I’m currently reading Bayard Rustin’s collected writings, “Time on Two Crosses.” In describing an inter-racial group’s efforts in 1947 to test the Morgan decision — the case that found that state segregation laws did not apply to interstate bus travel, he wrote: 68 more words

“After Birth” by Elisa Albert tells the story of three months in one woman’s life around a year after giving birth who befriends a former “almost” rock star/poet who is about to give birth. 569 more words